MARC by MARC JACOBS: Showing of the spring/summer 2009 Collection

THE INSPIRATIONWe arrived late, rushing over from the ARAKS show downtown, but we did manage to catch the finale parade and get a good look at the last set of looks. What we saw reminded us of the MUDD club kids in the eighties and Boy George in his heyday – maybe it was the slouchy fedoras they wore.

COLORS & PATTERNS

Gray is a major player here and so are stripes. Both worked well for the playsuits , tanks, and trousers that are just the right thing for laid-back urban hip daywear. We can easily picture NYU and Columbia U. students snapping these clothes up.

ACCESSORIESMarc’s always had a winning hand when it comes to designing accessories, and he hit it in this collection. While the slouchy hats aren’t for everyone and not everyone will want to wear a fanny pack [again] as we did in the eighties, the shoes were a slam-dunk.Even if you don’t really wear color, you can pick up a pair of the cobalt blue sandals and participate in this trend.

Although according to Neiman’s Ken Dowling [as per a recent article in WWD], jewelry is THE new accessories, lamentably we haven’t seen a whole lot of it on the runway. Marc was an exception and we loved his neon bright “nutty knots” necklaces, especially in the hot pink.